On the home front

I was just reading my last post and contemplating how useful this blog can be for posting news about myself for my family to read. I heard from my sister today, she phoned me at work and asked me to go and take a look at a neighbourhood as she saw a house for sale and would like to know what the surroundings are like. So I plan on going sometime soon and take some photos to show her the house and the neighbourhood.



On the gadget front I found and purchased a Palm IIIc on ebay for $40 USD, I'm pretty excited as it's the same as my current Palm IIIxe, but has a rechargeable lithium battery and a nice Active Matrix colour screen. Since I use the Palm extensively now I just want something with a nicer overall screen and that won't cost me a king's ransom in batteries.



I'm finally back on high-speed Internet at home after hemming and hawing about it and wondering if I should take the plunge. I decided to go back to high-speed as I found a DSL router on sale at a computer store for $40 CDN and just couldn't pass up the offer. I've gone to a company called istop (http://www.istop.com) and bought a wireless router so now I can sit in bed and surf, blog and e-mail to my heart's content.



I'm a few days from assembling my Linux machine. I did some computer repairs for a couple of people and put away some money for a 120 GB Hard Drive so come this weekend I'll assemble and start installing Mandrake Linux 10.0 then it's a whole new world to explore.



I'm just about finished the chaulking on the windows in the house, the whole project has taken several months from the first measurement I took back in the Spring to ordering and then to finally installing the last of the windows a few weeks ago. So far the project has cost me $1,200.0o0 CDN and once I get the last two large windows installed the total will jump to $3,000.00 CDN`which is not bad considering some of the quotes I had for changing all the windows ran anywhere from $6,000 - $9,200 CDN. Would I do it again? No, not if I could avoid it, it was a long project and I made a miscalculation on the kitchen window requiring me to cut the window down to make it fit. Thankfully the technology used in these windows allowed me to remove the glass panes, cut the window, get the panes cut and then re-assemble the unit. This alone saved me the cost of the window, but did put back the project about 2-3 weeks. So now that this project is finished it's time to look forward to the next large project, the re-finishing of my basement. This project alone will require it's own blog page never mind a blog entry. More on this in later blogs.